Some will say that one of my peccadillos is a major flaw – the one where I stick my nose into other people’s ‘perceived’ shortcomings has reference…
I recently experienced some subtle racism from an acquaintance – that I was with a mate and it was directed at him specifically and his employees kinda irked me at the time.
Anyway I swallowed my immediate reaction, took a mental image of his distress at being the victim of racism, and retreated to think about how I could solve the problem.
After a couple of minutes I returned to my acquaintance and said quite simply that I was distressed that he could have said such a thing and wanted my distress recorded by him.
His reaction was a bit of a disappointment as he (and his sister) laid into me, attacking the man and not the ball.
Result – One Whitey (me) lost another potential friend who embarked on a classic GHOSTING exercise.
Maybe, just maybe, my experience will make others think about the hurtful consequences of their racist attitudes!
